The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.read more.Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel. Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming. Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, "Blessed be the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people." [Their idols] are like pillars of turned work [as upright and stationary and immobile as a palm tree], like scarecrows in a cucumber field; they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk.Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it possible for them to do good [and it is not in them]. Blog, A Then David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent. It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. A king who sits on the throne of justiceDisperses all evil with his eyes. But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!" So they listened to the words of the LORD and returned from going against Jeroboam. He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. And as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, "O man of God, there is death in the pot." In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. He said to him, "I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water '" But he lied to him. So the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house. Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year. And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. Then Saul's anger burned against Jonathan and he said to him, "You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha. Then Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them. As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel, their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab. But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind. He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. Then the king said to him, "How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. "He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants. Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols; therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through Elijah. Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him in the house of the LORD. He said to him, "Go in peace." All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent." But David said, "What have I done now? Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around and attack the priests." "But now bring me a minstrel " And it came about, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. Nevertheless they did not turn away from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained standing in Samaria. Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. Then they said, "This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and they have slain one another. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you? On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds, Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, "Who are you?" WebThe king in the field is making contact with the source of his sustenance, with the underpinnings of his sovereignty. OpenBible.info Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet. For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.read more.He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. Now the LORD was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not observe what the LORD had commanded. "So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered. Therefore now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die." I know that you do." And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel." All the prophets were prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash. Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah, Imla's son." Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. So Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days. He said, "Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones." So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place. So Ahab went up to eat and drink. As the LORD lives, all of you must surely die, because you did not guard your lord, the LORD'S anointed. Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. In John 8:12 [emphasis mine], Jesus says, "I AM the Light (the manifest radiance of God's life) of the world, and the one following (or co-walking For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row. 21 So now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my Now let one of the young men come over and take it. Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first to last, behold, they are written in the annals of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel. "So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord's servants." So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. read more. Why did this mad fellow come to you?" Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Tell me, what do you have in the house?" "Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully." But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence until now. And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. And the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual, and another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the border which overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you put on your robes." Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, Return to me on the third day.. Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?" So he ate and drank and lay down again. Then the king commanded all the people saying, "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God as it is written in this book of the covenant." And the men of the city told him, "It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel." For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's matter was urgent." He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal, ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet. Would it not be with the heads of these men? When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" The king said to him, "Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father's house the blood which Joab shed without cause. "And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here."' WebThe King James Bible - Offline content to use anytime without Internet access - Easy and quick navigation with no distraction - Share a verse with someone easily - Bookmark a verse to read later - Change Bible text size - Switch between day and night time reading modes We believe the Bible should He said to her, "Give me your son." So he made him ride in his chariot. "Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes. read more. David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. He said, "If the LORD does not help you, from where shall I help you? Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him. Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house? Saul thought, "I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him " Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time you may be my son-in-law today." The Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice. Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze. So each man girded on his sword. Isaiah 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the, So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the. Now when he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?" Then the commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his rule at the River. So they took them alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them. For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD. WebThe king is the heart and soul of the nation, the embodiment of its goals and aspirations. But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son David.'" So Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons. He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. "And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?' And he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time. And the. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; and the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. So David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul lay sleeping inside the circle of the camp with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people were lying around him. David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his rule to the Euphrates River. Jeroboam instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. Besides, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom. Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. But He did not answer him on that day. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. "He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work. Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." "Now behold, as your life was highly valued in my sight this day, so may my life be highly valued in the sight of the LORD, and may He deliver me from all distress." Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. The people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. And one said this while another said that. Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and anger gave orders to bring Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego; then these men were brought before the king. Turn behind me." Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. So Edom revolted against Judah to this day Then Libnah revolted at the same time. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them. 'Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and fell every good tree and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'" WebIsaiah 32:15 - Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. David answered the priest and said to him, "Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?" who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. WebVerse Concepts So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. Now the men took this as an omen, and quickly catching his word said, "Your brother Ben-hadad." God reigns over the nations,God sits on His holy throne. So he said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.' Now look after your own house, David!" Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" Then the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and outran Ahab to Jezreel. The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him." Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together." When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah. Z, They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.. But Jehoshaphat was not willing. Then Elisha said, "Listen to the word of the LORD; thus says the LORD, 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'" In a multitude of people is a kings glory.

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